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Beekeeping relieves land degradation in Kyrgyzstan
Female education: A solution for a crowded planet
Empirical evidence from around the developing world shows that educating women is key in curbing population growth.
Our cooperative Darwinian moment
Darwin tells us we must evolve or die. Can we adapt to scarcity and re-integrate ourselves within ecosystems in the decades ahead?
Rio+20 Earth summit: scientists call for action on population
The world's leading science academies make an appeal to sustainable development negotiators.
Behind the number — Our world at 7 billion
Looking behind the global population figure reveals different worlds, many challenges and a raft of contradictory policies to address them.
If all seven billion people had wheels
In his ‘Sustainable Planet’ column, Jacob Park explores the state of global sustainability as Earth welcomes its seventh billion inhabitant.
Population growth tests Africa’s expanding cities
Observers warn of a possible catastrophe in crowded urban areas, but others think growth will be a crucible for change.
Feeding a crowded world
The president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development argues that a global agro-industrial revolution that places rural smallholders at the centre is required.
Climate, food and the connectivity paradox
Complex systems science can help us understand the drivers of today’s climate challenge.
Debate 2.0: Is sustainable development still relevant?
As we approach its 25th birthday, it seems this complex concept needs rethinking. Do you agree?
GM crops key to human survival says UK chief scientist
Dr. John Beddington thinks that opposing Genetically Modified crops on ethical grounds is no longer justified.
Climate change scepticism is an age-old problem
The divisions we see around climate change are nothing new. Indeed they resemble the divergent views on population growth in the days of Thomas Malthus.
The population paradox
In addressing resource scarcity and climate change, it is meaningless to talk of limiting population without scaling back consumption.
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